Green Beans Fried with Butter

This recipe is one of the simplest ways of cooking green beans: just boil them, then drain and fry until ready; and then you have nutritious side dish which will be nice addition to your main dish course.

Preparation of this dish takes less than 20 mins and can be split in 2 parts to help you save some time: boil beans in advance and them fry right before serving to keep them warm and fresh.

Fried green beans go well with fried or grilled meats: steaks, cutlets, schnitzels, chops, etc. However they can be also served as separate no-meat dish.

Ingredients:

1lb of fresh green beans

1-2 tbsps of butter

Salt to taste

How to prepare, step-by-step:

Prepare ingredients: it is better to take french beans, they are more tender; but you can also use other types, just adjust boiling time: Green Beans Fried with Butter Recipe: Step 1

Fill big cooking pot with water, salt to taste and bring to boil. Remove stems from green beans (mine were sold already cleaned, so I skipped this part); put beans into moderate boiling water and cook for about 3-5 mins. Depends of the quality beans you may need to boil them more or less (french green beans usually require 3 mins, extra thin beans may need 2 or even 1 minute – so taste beans from time to time – it should be not too soft and even crispy when you bite it: Green Beans Fried with Butter Recipe: Step 2

When beans are ready, drain them with colander: Green Beans Fried with Butter Recipe: Step 3

Put beans back to the cooking pot and fill it with cold water, and let them cool down: Green Beans Fried with Butter Recipe: Step 4

Drain beans once more (at this point you can put them to the fridge to continue cooking later, so they always fresh when you serve them): Green Beans Fried with Butter Recipe: Step 5